Woody Allen Speaks Out — Last Sunday, Nicholas Kristof wrote a column about Dylan Farrow, the adopted daughter of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow. Mr. Allen has written the following response to the column and Dylan's account. — TWENTY-ONE years ago, when I first heard Mia Farrow had accused …

Snowden Used Low-Cost Tool to Best N.S.A. — WASHINGTON — Intelligence officials investigating how Edward J. Snowden gained access to roughly 1.7 million of the country's most highly classified documents say they have determined that he used inexpensive and widely available software to …

IRAN SAYS WARSHIPS HEADED CLOSE TO US BORDERS — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian warships dispatched to the Atlantic Ocean will travel close to U.S. maritime borders for the first time, a senior Iranian naval commander said Saturday. — The commander of Iran's Northern Navy Fleet …

The Economist Who Exposed ObamaCare — The Chicago professor examined the law's incentives for the poor not to get a job or work harder, and this week Beltway budgeteers agreed. — In September, two weeks before the Affordable Care Act was due to launch, President Obama declared that …

A Pen, a Phone and a Meme — The Republican messaging machine is at it again, cranking out scurrilous memes that defame the president and distract from the party's inaction. — The latest talking point is that the president is a “lawless” “dictator” hellbent on operating outside, and indeed above, the law.

More Federal Privileges to Extend to Same-Sex Couples — WASHINGTON — The federal government will soon treat married same-sex couples the same as heterosexual couples when they file for bankruptcy, testify in court or visit family in prison. — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr …

Chart of the Day #2: The Madness of Austerity — January's job numbers were fairly dismal, but the bad cheer wasn't equally spread. Private sector employment, as usual, increased—by 142,000 jobs last month. At the same time, public sector employment declined. Government employment at all levels was down 29,000 in January.

President Obama's magic words and numbers — Barack Obama, the first president shaped by the celebratory culture in which every child who plays soccer gets a trophy and the first whose campaign speeches were his qualification for the office, perhaps should not be blamed for thinking …

Chris Christie struggles to deal with turmoil — The memo from Gov. Chris Christie's office attacking former appointee David Wildstein's credibility landed with a thud. It was a striking and deeply personal broadside coming from a chief executive of a state, and even his allies called it a mistake.

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